We discuss the Warrior Writers exhibit at the USNA Museum with Director Claude Berube. We also take some time out to discuss his new book, Syren’s Song – second in the Connor Stark Series.   DOWNLOAD: Warrior Writers CIMSEC content is and always will be free; consider a voluntary monthly donation to offset our operational … Continue reading Sea Control 93 – Warrior Writers with Claude Berube →

Weapon autonomy is a broad term around which swirls an incredible amount of debate. Paul Scharre, Michael Horowitz, and Adam Elkus join Sea Control to discuss the nature of autonomy, how to imagine its use in an operational environment, and how to think of the debate surrounding it. DOWNLOAD: Sea Control 92 -Autonomy Music: Sam LaGrone … Continue reading Sea Control 92 – Autonomy →

Commander Steve George was the Deputy Aircraft Engineering Officer 820sqn RNAS, Sea King squadron on HMS Invincible in the Falklands War. He provides a strong overview of the engineering challenges posed to aviation in the 1982 Falklands War. He has had a long career since, and included work on the F-35. DOWNLOAD: Falklands War Air Engineering CIMSEC … Continue reading Sea Control 91 – Falklands War 8 Air Engineering Challenges →

Should Australia develop its own Marine Corps? In this podcast, Natalie Sambhi interviews Peter Dean, Senior Fellow at ANU’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, and Associate Dean Education at the ANU’s Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, on the development of Australia’s amphibious capability. Why is Australia developing an amphibious capability? Where would it … Continue reading Sea Control 90 – An Australian Marine Corps? →

We discuss the Office of Naval Research (ONR’s) James River test of an autonomous swarm of boat drones, or Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV’s). These USV’s were modified version of boats found on most US Navy ships. CAPT Carl Conti (USN, ret) is one of the developers and leaders on this project, and will discuss the history, … Continue reading Sea Control 89 – ONR Autonomous Swarm Boats →

How is India’s Modi government reacting to China’s growing interest in its strategic backyard? This week Natalie Sambhi interviews Darshana Baruah, junior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi and David Lang, analyst and editor of The Strategist at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Canberra for an Indian and Australian perspective on Indian … Continue reading Sea Control 88 – Modi and China →

PART 1 of 2. The podcast that inspired the Falklands Series – and a dream I didn’t think would actually become a reality. The idea was to get the Amphibious Task Group Commander, Captain Michael Clapp (he was a Commodore in 1982, when the rank in the RN wasn’t substantive, so retired a Captain); the … Continue reading Sea Control 87A – Falklands Series 7: Amphibious Panel →

PART 2 of 2 The podcast that inspired the Falklands Series – and a dream I didn’t think would actually become a reality. The idea was to get the Amphibious Task Group Commander, Captain Michael Clapp (he was a Commodore in 1982, when the rank in the RN wasn’t substantive, so retired a Captain); the … Continue reading Sea Control 87B – Falklands Series 7: Amphibious Panel →

Dean Cheng discusses the development and purpose of Russia and China’s new and growing journalism institutions in general, and specifically how Xinhua is maneuvering to pose a challenge to traditional western news sources. We also discuss how China’s growing news and media market makes some traditionally understood methods of diplomatic signalling less clear. We also gripe a … Continue reading Sea Control 86 – Journalism and Soft Power →

The Melian Dialogue is one of the classics in IR theory – often cited to show the realism and brutality of the international system, it is often taken at face value by students and teachers alike. However, these adherents brush over over a long conflict in which Melos plays an important role, the more complicated nature … Continue reading Sea Control 85 – The Melian Dialogue, More Than Meets the Eye →